Beijing, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the 11-nation BRICS bloc to "resist all forms of protectionism" at...
Damascus, Syria -- Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday humanitarian projects for Syria including the removal of wartime rubble around Damascus,...
As global temperatures tick higher, with this year on course to be the hottest on record, the UAE is changing...The UAE's scorching summers, when many flee for cooler climes and the streets empty, look set to worsen due to climate change, various studies show
The region's extreme heat and high humidity are a dangerous mix as in such conditions the human body struggles to cool itself by evaporating sweat on the skin
Beirut, Lebanon -- From Lebanon, Palestinian Fatima al-Ashwah has been praying for relatives in Gaza, but received grim news that...Earlier this month, Ashwah, 61, had expressed grave fear for the safety of about 70 extended family members in Gaza.
Israeli bombing killed around 12 of them days before a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas.
ABU DHABI, UAE - Emirates Development Bank (EDB) has committed US$350 million (AED 1.3 billion) to support the Energy Transition Accelerator...The ETAF platform is a global climate finance facility established by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
The announcement was made during the signing of a collaborative partnership agreement between EDB and IRENA.
- The shooter, who is still on the loose, was described by police as "a white man with a handgun." The...
A police statement said two of the victims were in stable condition, and the third suffered "much more serious injuries"
Bernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator, called the attack "shocking and deeply upsetting"
- Beijing, China--China's top diplomat Wang Yi will visit New York this week to hold a United Nations Security Council meeting on...
China, according to its foreign ministry, will hold a high-level meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue on November 29
Beijing welcomed a truce between Israel-Hamas, which began Friday and led to dozens of hostages being freed
- The fledgling rapprochement between the North African country and Israel had made steady progress since 2020 when the two governments...
Journalist reported Sunday that demonstrators in Casablanca waved Palestinian flags and demanded that Rabat suspend ties with Israel
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations had declined in recent years in Morocco, but have surged since the Gaza war broke out
Musk, owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, has come under fire over what critics say is a proliferation of...Herzog's office said the meeting would be joined by "representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas, who will speak about the horrors of October 7"
"In their meeting, the President Isaac Herzog will emphasize the need to act to combat rising antisemitism online," Herzog's office said.
- Some 70,000 people including national leaders and Pope Francis are expected at COP28 as it opens Thursday, in what could...
A US official confirmed that Biden was not planning to attend COP28 this week or during a second window close
The official said the Biden administration was still discussing whether to send a top-level official to Dubai
- The pause that began Friday has seen dozens of hostages freed, with over 100 Palestinian civilians released by Israel in...
Netanyahu said that he had discussed the release of another group of hostages from the Gaza Strip with the US President
Hamas also said it was willing to extend the pause after it freed more hostages, including a four-year-old orphaned by its attack
A US defence official told a media outlet that an unknown number of "unidentified armed individuals" seized the M/V Central...A US defense official said US and coalition forces responded to the emergency aboard the tanker
The Houthis have launched a series of drone and missile strikes targeting Israel since the October 7 attack
